Eb tuba fingering chart

Alex F · Post by **Alex F** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:22 pm

I am looking for a four valve Eb tuba fingering chart. The one posted on this site does not print correctly. All the other charts I have seen are for 3 valve horns.

Thanks

Alex F.

Charlie Goodman · Post by **Charlie Goodman** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:38 pm

Wouldn't it be pretty easy to just take the three-valve one and figure things out from there? A lot of the lower notes have lots of possiblities of combinations anyway, so it'll vary from horn to horn.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:21 pm

Alex...

Try changing your printer settings to 'landscape'. It printed out fine for me.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:12 pm

bloke wrote:In my experience, Eb tuba players have not paid any attention to fingering charts in the past...Why, today - nearly the year 2006, have proper fingerings on Eb tubas suddenly become a priority?

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:06 pm

Um, have you checked "Playing Tips" from the home page?
http://www.chisham.com/tips/fingerings/Eb.html

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:36 pm

bloke wrote:In my experience, Eb tuba players have not paid any attention to fingering charts in the past...Why, today - nearly the year 2006, have proper fingerings on Eb tubas suddenly become a priority?

Stranger things have happened; have you read the National Enquirer lately?

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:14 am

Charlie Goodman wrote:Wouldn't it be pretty easy to just take the three-valve one and figure things out from there? A lot of the lower notes have lots of possiblities of combinations anyway, so it'll vary from horn to horn.

Not a bad suggestion!

4 valve Eb tubas come in at least 2 variants: compensated and non-compensated. The former variant is the one served by the chart in the Tipsâ€™ section. The second variant probably is the most common, at least outside the UK.

When teaching brass I of course taught the students the fingerings for the notes. But as soon as they understood the basics of music, I tried to make them understand the system behind the choice of the proper fingering.

Bloke may make fun of Eb tubists and their fingerings. But after all he has made himself a dime or two playing circular Ebâ€™s.

Of course he is at a level, where he can bend just about any note as much, as he wants to.

But then he also has been around for so long, that he intuitively finds the proper fingering. Achieving that level has taken some scale practising.

Klaus

PS: Coming from an Alex F, the original poster has the right to ask anyway.